A report claimed that Pope Francis blessed the governments, most especially the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to fight against ‘drug lords’ and ‘drug traffickers’ that are also ‘traffickers of death’. However, KAMI learned that this claim is false.

However, this claim was debunked by French news agency, Agence French-Presse.

In a report by Vatican News, the Holy See’s did not mention about giving blessings specifically to the Duterte administration. You may check the link here.

In a previous report by KAMI, Pope Francis praised the Philippines as a “great Catholic nation”. He also mentioned about governments should “face with courage this fight against the traffickers of death.”

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